Posts by author
Julie Morse
-
Presidential Poetics
“I always say poetry is the only job in the world that when someone says, ‘You made me cry,’ you say, ‘Thank you.’ To be genuinely moved by the poem is the most incredible honor.” The other day, the Poetry…
-
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… No, seriously, where’s the leopard? You may be able to see Jupiter and Saturn this month. Happy 71st birthday, Muhammed Ali! Is this squid the real Loch Ness Monster?
-
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… Check out this living fossil, the Coelacanth. Tell your Java to watch out! A blobfish? Is that a squirrel? No! It’s a penguin.
-
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… A fountain that thinks it’s a printer. Phoebe Chung has portrait lighting gone wild. Your emotions should know these words. Carl Sagan takes you there.
-
“A miracle is just an accident, with fancy trappings”
Happy Birthday, Susan Sontag. You would have been 80 today. Here is an entry from her collection of journals and notebooks, As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh. Also, check out Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton and Maria Popova’s fantastic collaborative illustration,…
-
Scout’s Honor!
Joshua Mohr has released a book trailer for his forthcoming novel, Fight Song. (It was filmed here at The Rumpus offices!) You can read the Rumpus interview between Mohr and Michelle Haimoff, and mark your calendars for his novel-based performance at City Lights Bookstore on…
-
Intimate Writer Portraits
At Imprint, check out Joshua Landsman’s “Writers I Have Loved” project, where he has illustrated a variety of authors in a beautiful diary format. Each drawing is accompanied by a plethora of witty anecdotal notes, so even if you don’t…
-
“Migration is beautiful, and it is inevitable”
Oakland artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez is the narrator of the new video series Migration Is Beautiful. The films feature artists and advocates and their plights in fighting for the dignity and rights of immigrants. Rodriguez not only focuses on the…
-
Literary Happy Meals
In England, young McDonald’s customers will no longer be receiving toys with their Happy Meals. Instead, they will be bestowed with books! McDonald’s is working in conjunction with the National Literacy Trust to ensure that 15 million books will be…
-
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… Hate any and all liquid? This new superhydrophobic spray will make you completely moisture-free. Don’t give an elephant LSD. Meet albatross, your new meteorologist. More reminiscing photographs. This time the Lower…
-
Thanks, Flavorwire
Flavorwire highlighted Timothy Leo Taranto’s “Literary Puns” this week. Go here if you missed the unusual collection of writers-turned-caricatures. Thanks, Flavorwire, we love you back!
-
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… Meet the oldest pebble in the world. Looks like we’re not getting a Death Star after all. A gloomy series of superimposed images from the past and present of this Detroit…